Bunning Plays Hardball in Senate amid Jobless Benefit Stalemate
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Channel: PBS NewsHour · 2010 · News & Politics
As Kentucky Sen. Jim Bunning continues to single-handedly block an extension of jobless benefits, some of his Republican colleagues spoke out in opposition. Gwen Ifill talks to a Louisville Courier-Journal reporter about the tactics Bunning is using to let the benefits expire.
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